US prosecutors charge men with illegal lobbying for Zimbabwe president

[JURIST] Prosecutors from the US Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Illinois [official website] on Tuesday unsealed a criminal complaint [text, PDF] that was filed last month against two men for illegally lobbying US lawmakers on behalf of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. The complaint filed against Prince Asiel Ben Israel and C. Gregory Turner stated that the men attempted to persuade [press release] US state and federal lawmakers to oppose sanctions against Zimbabwe leaders...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/08/us-prosecutors-charge-men-with-illegal-lobbying-for-zimbabwe-president.php

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